Ma Biao

Ma Biao (1885-1948) was a Lieutenant-General of the Republic of China who was affiliated with the Xibei San Ma clique of northwestern China.

Biography
Ma Biao was born in 1885, and he was the second cousin of Ma Bufang, as his father was brothers with Bufang's grandfather. Ma Biao fought against the foreigners during the Boxer Rebellion before guarding the imperial court in Xi'an, and he rose in the ranks of the army of China under his relative Ma Bufang. Ma Biao led Xibei San Ma forces against Tibet in 1932 and later took part in encirclement campaigns against the communists, reaching the rank of Lieutenant-General. He would command cavalry forces during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and his army fought the Imperial Japanese Army in Henan province. The Japanese troops were terrified of Ma Biao and his men, who usually slaughtered all but a few of their Japanese opponents before sending the survivors as prisoners back to Qinghai. In the summer of 1942, he was replaced by his relative Ma Bukang, and he died in a car accident in 1948.